A09: Three-Fold Maze

Sceptus 24.01 - When you start out, turn 45 degrees to the left. You will see the gem that you normally get first far off. To get it, use a jump start and bounce off the corner of the platform. Land directly on the gravity switch below you. As you land on the gravity switch, jump, giving you extra speed. You will ricochet off the ground while switching gravity, and you will now be on the red platform with the first gem straight ahead. Take a jump or two, slow down, and grab the gem.

Now, turn straight around, and jump off the side of the platform on the right. You will see a long straight path far below you. Bounce onto it and bounce straight into the gravity switch against the wall. Now you will be on the platform with the second gem. Grab the gem and keep going.

On the left there will be a ramp. Go up the ramp and take the nearest gravity switch. Look left, and you will see a long sloping ramp. In the very distance, you will see the final gem, sideways. Speed up, jump right at the beginning of the ramp (don't roll down), and move slightly to the right as you bounce on the platform at the bottom of the ramp. Bounce again onto the platform further ahead. Bounce a final time, and now you'll be poised to collect the final gem sideways. Slow down so that you collect the gem as low as possible. Collect the gem, and hopefully if your jump was low enough you will clear a small gap between the wall that the gem is on (sideways) and the approaching wall facing you. If you clear this gap, you will bounce off a ramp and into the finish, sideways. My first successful run was 24.78. My fastest so far is 24.01. I suspect that it is easily possible to get into the mid 23s.